16/100
#2,280 nationally
University Of Colorado Hospital Authority
12605 E 16Th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045 · (720) 848-0000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Colorado Hospital Authority billed $7.28 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 7.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 225
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #36
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,457 | $10,994 | $2,207 | -6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,420 | $43,843 | $2,579 | +126% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,216 | $3,833 | $648 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
688 | $13,112 | $1,922 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
649 | $14,170 | $1,796 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
602 | $12,581 | $1,533 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
439 | $21,165 | $2,691 | +20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
360 | $31,826 | $3,012 | +67% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
327 | $154,833 | $23,019 | +137% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
317 | $21,993 | $3,834 | +6% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$248,598 | $25,834 | +275% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$252,671 | $18,905 | +269% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$233,097 | $46,510 | +248% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$111,641 | $17,508 | +246% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (severe)
MS-DRG 469 · Inpatient stay |
$470,692 | $87,976 | +234% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$134,673 | $11,268 | +204% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$192,724 | $19,604 | +192% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$149,190 | $19,749 | +191% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,635 | $2,651 | -24% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$157,471 | $48,961 | -15% |
|
Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 614 · Inpatient stay |
$89,613 | $23,584 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5463 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,316 | $12,947 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,994 | $2,207 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,355 | $3,536 | about average |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Major Complications or Disc Device or
MS-DRG 518 · Inpatient stay |
$204,037 | $35,651 | about average |
|
Level 7 Urology and Related Services
APC 5377 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,016 | $11,811 | about average |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.